Method for Transmitting Information, Terminal Device, and Network Device

ABSTRACT

A method for transmitting information, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a target channel sent by a network device, wherein the target channel includes a broadcast channel or a multicast channel; determining, by the terminal device, to send target information to the network device when a reception result of the target channel meets a prescribed condition; determining, by the terminal device, a target transmission resource for transmitting the target information in at least one transmission resource; and sending, by the terminal device, the target information to the network device on the target transmission resource, wherein the target information sent on the target transmission resource is used for indicating the reception result of the target channel to the network device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a 371 application of International Application No.PCT/CN2016/113825, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, the entire disclosure ofwhich is hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Implementations of the present disclosure relate to the field ofwireless communication, and more particularly, relate to a method fortransmitting information, a terminal device, and a network device.

BACKGROUND

After sending a broadcast channel or a multicast channel to a terminaldevice, a network device usually cannot know reception effects ofvarious terminal devices in a system, thus it cannot effectivelyconfigure corresponding scheduling information, such as Modulation andCoding Scheme (MCS) level, transmission power, for various terminaldevices during scheduling, resulting in poor demodulation performance ofchannels and low transmission efficiency of the system.

SUMMARY

Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method fortransmitting information, a terminal device, and a network device.

In a first aspect, there is provided a method for transmittinginformation, including: receiving, by a terminal device, a targetchannel sent by a network device, wherein the target channel includes abroadcast channel or a multicast channel; determining, by the terminaldevice, to send target information to the network device when areception result of the target channel meets a prescribed condition;determining, by the terminal device, a target transmission resource fortransmitting the target information in at least one transmissionresource; and sending, by the terminal device, the target information tothe network device on the target transmission resource, wherein thetarget information sent on the target transmission resource is used forindicating the reception result of the target channel to the networkdevice.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, the receptionresult of the target channel includes a quantity N of decoding unitsthat the terminal device fails to decode on the target channel, whereinthe decoding units that fail to be decoded are transmission blocks thatfail to be decoded, or transmission time units that include transmissionblocks that fail to be decoded, N is a positive integer, and thedetermining, by the terminal device, to send target information to thenetwork device when the reception result of the target channel meets theprescribed condition, includes: when N is greater than or equal to afirst threshold, determining, by the terminal device, to send the targetinformation to the network device.

It should be understood that the terminal device may determine to sendthe target information to the network device when a quantity of decodingunits that successively fail to be decoded is greater than or equal to apredetermined threshold.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, the receptionresult of the target channel includes a proportion P of the quantity ofdecoding units that fail to be decoded in at least M decoding units thatthe terminal device decodes the target channel, wherein the decodingunits that fail to be decoded are transmission blocks that fail to bedecoded or transmission time units that include transmission blocks thatfail to be decoded, M is a positive integer, 0≤P≤1, and the determining,by the terminal device, to send target information to the network devicewhen the reception result of the target channel meets the prescribedcondition, includes: determining, by the terminal device, to send thetarget information to the network device when P is greater than or equalto a second threshold.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, before theterminal device determines to send the target information to the networkdevice, the method further includes: receiving, by the terminal device,first indication information sent by the network device, wherein thefirst indication information is used for indicating M.

Here, a value of M may be determined and indicated to the terminaldevice by the network device, or may be prescribed in advance, forexample, in a protocol.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, the receptionresult of the target channel includes a modulation and coding scheme(MCS) adjustment amount corresponding to the target channel, and thedetermining, by the terminal device, to send the target information tothe network device when the reception result of the target channel meetsthe prescribed condition, includes: performing, by the terminal device,a MCS measurement on the target channel; determining, by the terminaldevice, the MCS adjustment amount according to a measured MCS level anda MCS level used by the target channel; the terminal device determiningto send the target information to the network device when the MCSadjustment amount satisfies any one of following conditions: the MCSadjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value of the MCS adjustmentamount is non-negative and is greater than or equal to a thirdthreshold; a value of the MCS adjustment amount is negative and is lessthan or equal to a fourth threshold.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, the performing,by the terminal device, the MCS measurement on the target channel,includes: performing, by the terminal device, the MCS measurementaccording to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) included in thetarget channel.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, the determining,by the terminal device, the target transmission resource fortransmitting the target information in at least one transmissionresource, includes: randomly selecting, by the terminal device, atransmission resource in the at least one transmission resource as thetarget transmission resource; or determining, by the terminal device, atransmission resource corresponding to a specific parameter of theterminal device in the at least one transmission resource as the targettransmission resource, wherein values of specific parameters ofdifferent terminal devices are different; or determining, by theterminal device, a transmission resource corresponding to a receptionresult of the target channel in the at least one transmission resourceas the target transmission resource according to the reception result ofthe target channel and a mapping relationship between reception resultsof channel and transmission resources; or determining, by the terminaldevice, a target transmission resource group corresponding to areception result of the target channel according to the reception resultof the target channel and a mapping relationship between receptionresults of channel and transmission resource groups, and randomlyselecting a transmission resource in the target transmission resourcegroup as the target transmission resource, or determining a transmissionresource corresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device asthe target transmission resource in the target transmission resourcegroup according to the specific parameter.

The specific parameter is a transmission parameter, a resourceparameter, a device parameter, etc. unique to a terminal device, andvalues of specific parameters of different terminal devices aredifferent. For example, a specific transmission parameter of theterminal device may be an Identity (ID) of the terminal device, or aserial number of a resource used by the terminal device to transmit itscontrol channel, or a serial number of a physical resource blockoccupied by the terminal device in a communication process, or a valueof other parameter used by the terminal device in a transmissionprocess, etc.

The terminal device determines a transmission resource corresponding toa specific parameter of the terminal device as a target transmissionresource according to its own specific parameter and a correspondencebetween predetermined parameter values and transmission resources, andsends the target information to a network device on the targettransmission resource.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, before theterminal device determines the target transmission resource, the methodfurther includes: receiving, by the terminal device, second indicationinformation transmitted by the network device, wherein the secondindication information includes information of the at least onetransmission resource.

Here, information of at least one transmission resource may bedetermined and indicated to a terminal device by a network device, ormay be prescribed in advance, for example, in a protocol.

Optionally, in one implementation of the first aspect, at least one of atime domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and a code domainresource corresponding to the at least one transmission resource isdifferent, or the time domain resource, the frequency domain resource,and the code domain resource corresponding to the at least onetransmission resource are all different.

In the second aspect, there is provided a method for transmittinginformation, including: sending, by a network device, a target channelto a terminal device, wherein the target channel includes a broadcastchannel or a multicast channel; determining, by the network device, thereception result of the target channel according to the targetinformation received on a target transmission resource if the networkdevice receives target information sent by the terminal device accordingto a reception result of the target channel on the target transmissionresource, wherein the target transmission resource is determined by theterminal device in at least one transmission resource.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, the receptionresult of the target channel includes a quantity N of decoding unitsthat the terminal device fails to decode on the target channel, whereinthe decoding units that fail to be decoded are transmission blocks thatfail to be decoded or transmission time units that include transmissionblocks that fail to be decoded, and N is a positive integer;determining, by the network device, the reception result of the targetchannel according to the target information received on the targettransmission resource, includes: determining, by the network device,that N is greater than or equal to a first threshold if the networkdevice receives the target information.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, the receptionresult of the target channel includes a proportion P of the quantity ofdecoding units that fail to be decoded in at least M decoding units thatthe terminal device decodes the target channel, wherein the decodingunits that fail to be decoded are transmission blocks that fail to bedecoded or transmission time units that include transmission blocks thatfail to be decoded, M is a positive integer, 0≤P≤1; the determining, bythe network device, the reception result of the target channel accordingto the target information received on the target transmission resource,includes: determining, by the network device, that P is greater than orequal to a second threshold if the network device receives the targetinformation.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, the methodfurther includes: sending, by the network device, first indicationinformation to the terminal device, wherein the first indicationinformation is used for indicating M.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, the receptionresult of the target channel includes a modulation and coding scheme(MCS) adjustment amount corresponding to the target channel, and thedetermining, by the network device, the reception result of the targetchannel according to the target information received on the targettransmission resource, includes: if the network device receives thetarget information, determining, by the network device, that the MCSadjustment amount satisfies any one of following conditions: the MCSadjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value of the MCS adjustmentamount is non-negative and is greater than or equal to a thirdthreshold; a value of the MCS adjustment amount is negative and is lessthan or equal to a fourth threshold.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, the determining,by the network device, the reception result of the target channelaccording to the target information received on the target transmissionresource, includes: determining, by the network device, a receptionresult of channel corresponding to the target transmission resource asthe reception result of the target channel according to the targettransmission resource for receiving the target information and a mappingrelationship between transmission resources and reception results ofchannel; or determining, by the network device, a reception result ofchannel corresponding to a target transmission resource group as thereception result of the target channel according to the targettransmission resource group to which the target transmission resourcefor receiving the target information belongs and a mapping relationshipbetween transmission resource groups and reception results of channel.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, before thenetwork device receives the target information transmitted by theterminal device according to the reception result of the target channel,the method further includes: sending, by the network device, secondindication information to the terminal device, wherein the secondindication information includes information of the at least onetransmission resource.

Optionally, in one implementation of the second aspect, at least one ofa time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, and a code domainresource corresponding to the at least one transmission resource isdifferent, or the time domain resource, the frequency domain resource,and the code domain resource corresponding to the at least onetransmission resource are all different.

In a third aspect, there is provided a terminal device that may performoperations of the terminal device in the first aspect or any optionalimplementation of the first aspect. Specifically, the terminal devicemay include modules or units used for performing operations of theterminal device in the first aspect or any possible implementation ofthe first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a network device that may performoperations of the network device in the second aspect or any optionalimplementation of the second aspect. Specifically, the network devicemay include modules or units used for performing operations of thenetwork device in the second aspect or any possible implementation ofthe second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal device. The terminaldevice includes: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory. Theprocessor, the transceiver, and the memory communicate with each otherthrough an internal connection path. The memory is used for storinginstructions, and the processor is used for executing the instructionsstored in the memory. When the processor executes the instructionsstored in the memory, the execution causes the terminal device toexecute the method in the first aspect or any possible implementation ofthe first aspect, or the execution causes the terminal device toimplement the terminal provided in the third aspect.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a network device. The networkdevice includes: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory. Theprocessor, the transceiver, and the memory communicate with each otherthrough an internal connection path. The memory is used for storinginstructions, and the processor is used for executing the instructionsstored in the memory. When the processor executes the instructionsstored in the memory, the execution causes the network device to executethe method in the second aspect or any possible implementation of thesecond aspect, or the execution causes the network device to implementthe network device provided in the fourth aspect.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storagemedium storing a program that causes a terminal device to perform amethod for transmitting information in any of the first aspect andvarious implementations thereof.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storagemedium storing a program that causes a network device to perform amethod for transmitting information in any of the second aspect andvarious implementations thereof.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a system chip, which includes aninput interface, an output interface, a processor, and a memory, whereinthe processor is used for executing instructions stored in the memory,and when the instructions are executed, the processor may implement themethod in any one of the first aspect and various implementationsthereof.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a system chip, which includes aninput interface, an output interface, a processor, and a memory, whereinthe processor is used for executing instructions stored in the memory,and when the instructions are executed, the processor may implement themethod in any one of the second aspect and various implementationsthereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of an application scenarioaccording to an implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flow interaction diagram of a method for transmittinginformation according to an implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device according to animplementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to animplementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a system chip according toan implementation of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, technical solutions in the implementation of the presentdisclosure will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

It should be understood that the technical solutions of theimplementations of the present disclosure may be applied to variouscommunication systems, such as a Global System of Mobile Communication(GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a WidebandCode Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, a Long Term Evolution(LTE) system, a LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, a LTE TimeDivision Duplex (TDD) system, a Universal Mobile TelecommunicationSystem (UMTS), and a future 5G communication system.

Various implementations of the present disclosure are described hereinin connection with terminal devices. The terminal devices may bereferred to as user equipment (UE), access terminals, subscriber units,subscriber stations, mobile stations, mobile platforms, remote stations,remote terminals, mobile devices, user terminals, terminals, wirelesscommunication devices, user agents or user devices. An access terminalmay be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol(SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal DigitalAssistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication function,a computing device or other processing device connected to a wirelessmodem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device ina future 5G network, or a terminal device in a future evolved PLMNnetwork, etc.

Various implementations are described herein in connection with networkdevices. A network device may be a device for communicating with aterminal device, such as a base station (Base Transceiver Station,referred to as “BTS”) in a GSM system or CDMA, a base station (NodeB,referred to as “NB”) in a WCDMA system, or an evolved base station(Evolutional Node B, referred to as “eNB” or “eNodeB”) in a LTE system,or the network device may be a relay station, an access point, avehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a network side device in afuture 5G network, or a network side device in a future evolved PLMNnetwork.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of animplementation of the present disclosure. A communication system in FIG.1 may include a network device 10 and a terminal device 20. The networkdevice 10 is used for providing communication services for the terminaldevice 20 and accessing to a core network. The terminal device 20 mayaccess to a network by searching for a synchronization signal or abroadcast signal, etc., sent by the network device 10 to communicatewith the network. Arrows shown in FIG. 1 may represent uplink/downlinktransmission through cellular links between the terminal device 20 andthe network device 10.

The network in the implementation of the present disclosure may refer toa Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) or a device-to-device (D2D) networkor a machine-to-machine/man (M2M) network or other networks. FIG. 1 is asimplified schematic diagram of an example, and other terminal devicesmay be included in the network and are not shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is a flow interaction diagram of a method for transmittinginformation according to an implementation of the present disclosure.FIG. 2 shows a network device and a terminal device, and the networkdevice may be, for example, the network device 10 shown in FIG. 1, andthe terminal device may be, for example, the terminal device 20 shown inFIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, a specific flow for transmitting informationincludes acts 210-260.

In 210, a network device transmits a target channel including abroadcast channel or a multicast channel to a terminal device.

In 220, the terminal device receives the target channel transmitted bythe network device.

In 230, the terminal device determines to send target information to thenetwork device when a reception result of the target channel meets aprescribed condition.

Specifically, after receiving the target channel, the terminal deviceperforms reception processing on the target channel, and according tothe reception result of the target channel, that is, a receptionprocessing result of the target channel, the terminal device makes ajudgment. If the reception result meets the prescribed condition, theterminal device determines to send target information to the networkdevice to indicate a processing result of the target channel to thenetwork device. The implementation of the present disclosure providesthree manners to determine transmission of the target information, whichare described in detail below.

Manner 1

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aquantity N of decoding units that the terminal device fails to decode onthe target channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decodedare transmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission timeunits that include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N isa positive integer.

At this time, the terminal device determines to send the targetinformation to the network device when the reception result of thetarget channel meets the prescribed condition, including: when N isgreater than or equal to a first threshold, the terminal devicedetermines to send the target information to the network device.

Specifically, the terminal device decodes the target channel. If thequantity N of decoding units that fail to be decoded is greater than orequal to the first threshold, the terminal device determines that thetarget information needs to be sent to the network device, to inform thenetwork device.

For example, if the first threshold is 1, it indicates that, when theterminal device decodes the received target channel in units of thedecoding units, once the terminal device finds that a decoding unitfails to be decoded, the terminal device sends the target information tothe network device.

The decoding units in the implementation of the present disclosure maybe transmission blocks, or transmission time units such as subframes,time slots, which is not limited here. The quantity N of transmissionunits that fail to be decoded may refer to a quantity N of transmissionblocks that fail to be decoded on the target channel or a quantity N oftransmission time units that include transmission blocks that fail to bedecoded. If a plurality of transmission blocks are transmitted in atransmission time unit, a decoding failure of one transmission block ofthe plurality of transmission blocks represents a decoding failure onthe transmission time unit.

For another example, if the first threshold is 5, when the terminaldevice decodes the target channel, and when a quantity N of decodingunits that fail to be decoded reaches to 5, the terminal device sendsthe target information to the network device to notify the networkdevice. For example, if the terminal device fails to decode a firsttransmission block, succeeds to decode a second transmission block,fails to decode a third transmission block, succeeds to decode a fourthtransmission block, fails to decode a fifth transmission block, fails todecode a sixth transmission block, and fails to decode a seventhtransmission block that transmit the target channel, then when a seventhdecoding is performed on the seventh transmission block, the N reachesto 5, and the terminal device sends the target information to thenetwork device.

It should be understood that in another case, a terminal device maydetermine to send target information to a network device when a quantityof decoding units that successively fail to be decoded is greater thanor equal to a certain predetermined threshold.

For example, when recording a quantity of decoding units that fail to bedecoded, it is required that the decoding units that fail to be decodedare successive. It is still assumed that the terminal device fails todecode a first transmission block, succeeds to decode a secondtransmission block, fails to decode a third transmission block, succeedsto decode a fourth transmission block, fails to decode a fifthtransmission block, fails to decode a sixth transmission block, andfails to decode a seventh transmission block that transmit the targetchannel, then till a seventh decoding is performed on the seventhtransmission block, the quantity of decoding units that successivelyfail to be decoded is 3. If the terminal device also fails to decode aneighth transmission block and a ninth transmission block, the quantityof decoding units that successively fail to be decoded reaches to 5, andthe terminal device sends the target information to the network device.

Manner 2

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aproportion P of a quantity of decoding units failing to be decoded in atleast M decoding units decoded by the terminal device on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units failing to be decoded aretransmission blocks failing to be decoded or transmission time unitsincluding transmission blocks failing to be decoded, M is a positiveinteger, 0≤P≤1.

At this time, the terminal device determines to send the targetinformation to the network device when the reception result of thetarget channel meets the prescribed condition, including: when P isgreater than or equal to a second threshold, the terminal devicedetermines to send the target information to the network device.

For example, when the terminal device decodes the target channel, if theproportion P of decoding failures is greater than or equal to the secondthreshold in successive decoding of at least M transmission blocks, thenthe terminal device determines to send the target information to thenetwork device, wherein P=(a quantity of transmission blocks that failto be decoded)/(a total quantity of at least M transmission blocks).

For example, it is assumed that the second threshold is 20% and M=5,when the terminal device decodes the target channel, after decoding fivetransmission blocks successively, the proportion P of decoding failuresin the five times of decoding may be calculated. If P is greater than orequal to 20%, it is determined to send the target information to thenetwork device. For example, after successively decoding fivetransmission blocks, if the terminal device finds that a quantity oftransmission blocks that fail to be decoded in the five times ofdecoding is 2, it calculates that P=40%≥20%, and it determines to sendtarget information to the network device; if the terminal device findsthat the quantity of transmission blocks that fail to be decoded in thefive times of decoding is 0, then p=0<20%, and there is no need to sendtarget information.

For another example, it is assumed that the second threshold is 20% andM=5, when a terminal device decodes the target channel, when theterminal device determines that P≥20% is satisfied when one transmissionblock fails to be decoded, so the terminal device may determine to sendtarget information to a network device after failing to decode thetransmission block, thereby feeding back the target information to thenetwork device to feedback channel reception condition; if it finds thata quantity of transmission blocks that fail to be decoded in the fivetimes of decoding is 0, then P=0<20%, it is determined that there is noneed to send target information to network device.

Optionally, before the terminal device determines to send the targetinformation to the network device, the method further includes that: theterminal device receives first indication information sent by thenetwork device, and the first indication information is used forindicating M.

Here, the value of M may be determined and indicated to the terminaldevice by the network device, or may be prescribed in advance, forexample, in a protocol.

It should be understood that the reception result of the target channelincludes a proportion P of a quantity of decoding units failing to bedecoded in at least M decoding units decoded by the terminal device onthe target channel. In other words, the terminal device may not onlydetermine a decoding failure proportion P after decoding M transmissionblocks successively, but also determine the decoding failure proportionP after decoding more than M transmission blocks. The value of M may bea lower limit value of the quantity of decoded transmission blocks usedby the terminal device to calculate P.

Manner 3

Optionally, a reception result of the target channel includes amodulation and coding scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding tothe target channel.

At this time, when the reception result of the target channel meets aprescribed condition, the terminal device determines to send targetinformation to the network device, including: the terminal deviceperforms a MCS measurement on the target channel; the terminal devicedetermines the MCS adjustment amount according to a measured MCS leveland a MCS level used by the target channel; and when the MCS adjustmentamount satisfies at least one of following conditions, the terminaldevice determines to send the target information to the network device:the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value of the MCSadjustment amount is non-negative and is greater than or equal to athird threshold; or the value of the MCS adjustment amount is negativeand is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

Specifically, when a terminal device decodes the target channel, itfirst performs the MCS measurement on the target channel. For example,the MCS measurement may be performed according to Channel StateInformation (CSI) included in the target channel or De ModulationReference Signal (DMRS) included in the target channel. The measured MCSis an ideal required MCS. A terminal device determines the MCSadjustment amount, i.e., the MCS adjustment level, according to ameasured MCS level and a MCS level used by the target channel, anddetermines to send target information to a network device when the MCSadjustment level satisfies a predetermined condition. For example, whenthe MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; or a value of the MCSadjustment amount is non-negative and is greater than or equal to athird threshold; or a value of the MCS adjustment amount is negative andis less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

For example, the predetermined condition satisfied by the MCS adjustmentlevel is that the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero, then whenthe MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero, a terminal device sendsthe target information to a network device; when the MCS adjustmentamount is equal to 0, there is no need to perform a MCS adjustment, andthe terminal device may not send the target information to the networkdevice.

For another example, it is assumed that the MCS adjustment amount isequal to a measured MCS level minus a MCS level used by the targetchannel. If the value of the MCS adjustment amount is found to bepositive after calculation by a terminal device, a terminal device sendsthe target information to a network device when the value of the MCSadjustment amount is greater than or equal to a third threshold,indicating that the network device may raise the MCS level in subsequenttransmission. Further, a quantity of the MCS levels raised by thenetwork device, that is, a raising amount of the MCS levels, may beequal to the third threshold.

For another example, it is assumed that the MCS adjustment amount isequal to a measured MCS level minus a MCS level used by the targetchannel. If the MCS adjustment amount, i.e., a value of the adjustmentlevel, is negative, a terminal device sends the target information to anetwork device when a value of the MCS adjustment amount is less than orequal to a fourth threshold, indicating that the network device mayreduce a MCS level in subsequent transmission. Further, a quantity ofreduced MCS levels, i.e., a reduction amount of MCS levels, may be equalto the fourth threshold. A reason why there are the third threshold andthe fourth threshold is that a network device has differentsensitivities for raising a MCS level and for reducing the MCS level.

For another example, it is assumed that the MCS adjustment amount isequal to a measured MCS level minus a MCS level used by the targetchannel. The predetermined condition met by the MCS adjustment amount isthat the MCS adjustment amount, that is, a value of the adjustmentlevel, is greater than zero or less than zero. If the terminal devicefinds that the value of the MCS adjustment amount is greater than zeroafter calculation, the terminal device sends the target information tothe network device, and the target information may indicate that thenetwork device may raise the MCS level in subsequent transmission; ifthe MCS adjustment amount, i.e., the value of the adjustment level isless than zero, the terminal device sends the target information to thenetwork device, and the target information may indicate that the networkdevice may reduce the MCS level in subsequent transmission.

In 240, the terminal device determines a target transmission resourcefor transmitting the target information in at least one transmissionresource.

Specifically, after determining to send the target information to thenetwork device, the terminal device will determine the targettransmission resource for transmitting the target information in atleast one transmission resource. The terminal device may specificallydetermine the target transmission resource in five manners, which willbe described in detail below.

Manner 1

The terminal device randomly selects one transmission resource from atleast one transmission resource as the target transmission resource.

The at least one transmission resource in act 240 may be, for example,acquired by the terminal device by receiving second indicationinformation sent by the network device. The network device may send thesecond indication information to the terminal device through, forexample, a higher level signaling or downlink control signaling, and theterminal device determines the target transmission resource in the atleast one transmission resource according to the at least onetransmission resource indicated by the second indication information.

Here, the information of at least one transmission resource may bedetermined and indicated to the terminal device by the network device,or may be prescribed in advance, for example, in a protocol.

Manner 2

The terminal device determines a transmission resource corresponding toa specific parameter of the terminal device in the at least onetransmission resource as the target transmission resource.

The specific parameter is a transmission parameter, a resourceparameter, a device parameter, etc. unique to a terminal device, andvalues of specific parameters of different terminal devices aredifferent. For example, a specific transmission parameter of theterminal device may be an Identity (ID) of the terminal device, or aserial number of a resource used by the terminal device to transmit itscontrol channel, or a serial number of a physical resource blockoccupied by the terminal device in a communication process, or a valueof other parameter used by the terminal device in a transmissionprocess, etc.

A terminal device determines a transmission resource corresponding to aspecific parameter of the terminal device as a target transmissionresource according to its own specific parameter and a correspondencebetween predetermined parameter values and transmission resources, andsends the target information to a network device on the targettransmission resource.

Manner 3

A terminal device determines a transmission resource corresponding to areception result of the target channel in the at least one transmissionresource as the target transmission resource, according to the receptionresult of the target channel and a mapping relationship betweenreception results of channel and transmission resources. The receptionresult here may be, for example, the reception result in any one ofmanners 1 to 3 in the foregoing description of act 230.

For example, the reception result of the target channel may include aquantity Q of transmission blocks successively failing to be decoded bythe terminal device on the target channel. After failing to decode Qtransmission blocks, the terminal device may search for a transmissionresource corresponding to a value of Q in at least one transmissionresource as the target transmission resource according to Table 1. Forexample, assuming Q=8, then according to Table 1, transmission resource2 is the target transmission resource.

TABLE 1 The quantity Q of transmission blocks that successively fail tobe decoded Transmission resource  4 ≤ Q < 8 Transmission resource 1  8 ≤Q < 12 Transmission resource 2 12 ≤ Q < 16 Transmission resource 3  Q ≥16 Transmission resource 4

For another example, it is assumed that the reception result of thetarget channel includes, in M transmission blocks decoded by theterminal device on the target channel, a proportion P of a quantity oftransmission blocks that fail to be decoded in M decoding units. Thenafter the terminal device determines P, it may search for a transmissionresource corresponding to a value of P in at least one transmissionresource as the target transmission resource according to Table 2. Forexample, assuming P=30%, then according to Table 2, transmissionresource 2 is the target transmission resource.

TABLE 2 The proportion P of decoding failure Transmission resource     0< P ≤ 25% Transmission resource 1 25% < P ≤ 50% Transmission resource 250% < P ≤ 75% Transmission resource 3 75% < P ≤ 90% Transmissionresource 4 90% < P ≤ 1 Transmission resource 5

For another example, it is assumed that a reception result of a targetchannel includes a MCS adjustment level, and the MCS adjustment amountis equal to a level of MCS measured by a terminal device, minus a levelof MCS used by the target channel. Then the terminal device may searchfor a transmission resource corresponding to a value of the MCSadjustment level in at least one transmission resource as the targettransmission resource according to Table 3 after determining the MCSadjustment level. For example, assuming that the value of the MCSadjustment level is +2 (i.e., raising two levels), then according toTable 3, transmission resource 3 is the target transmission resource.

TABLE 3 The value of the MCS adjustment level Transmission resource −1(lowering one level) Transmission resource 1 +1 (raising one level)Transmission resource 2 +2 (raising two levels) Transmission resource 3+3 (raising three levels) Transmission resource 4

Manner 4

A terminal device determines a target transmission resource groupcorresponding to a reception result of the target channel according tothe reception result of the target channel and a mapping relationshipbetween reception results of channel and transmission resource groups.After the terminal device determines the target transmission group, itmay randomly select one transmission resource from the targettransmission resource group as the target transmission resource; or theterminal device may determine a transmission resource corresponding to aspecific parameter of the terminal device as the target transmissionresource in the target transmission resource group according to thespecific parameter of the terminal device.

The terminal device determines the target transmission resource group ina manner similar to that of the terminal device determining the targettransmission resource.

For example, the reception result of the target channel may include aquantity Q of transmission blocks that successively fail to be decodedby the terminal device on the target channel, then the terminal devicemay search for a transmission resource group corresponding to a value ofQ in at least one transmission resource group as the target transmissionresource group according to Table 4 after failing to decode the Qtransmission blocks for Q times successively. For example, assumingQ=18, according to Table 4, transmission resource group 4 is the targettransmission resource group, and the terminal device may randomly selecta transmission resource in the transmission resource group 4 as thetarget transmission resource, or determine a transmission resourcecorresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device as thetarget transmission resource in the target transmission resource groupaccording to the specific parameter of the terminal device.

TABLE 4 The quantity Q of transmission blocks that successively fail tobe decoded Transmission resource group  4 ≤ Q < 8 Transmission resourcegroup 1  8 ≤ Q < 12 Transmission resource group 2 12 ≤ Q < 16Transmission resource group 3  Q ≥ 16 Transmission resource group 4

For another example, it is assumed that the reception result of thetarget channel includes, in M transmission blocks decoded by theterminal device on the target channel, a proportion P of a quantity oftransmission blocks that fail to be decoded in M decoding units. Thenafter the terminal device determines P, it may search for a transmissionresource group corresponding to a value of P in at least onetransmission resource group as the target transmission resourceaccording to Table 5. For example, assuming P=60%, according to Table 5,transmission resource group 3 is the target transmission resource group,and the terminal device may randomly select a transmission resource inthe transmission resource group 3 as the target transmission resource,or determine a transmission resource corresponding to a specificparameter of the terminal device as the target transmission resource inthe target transmission resource group according to the specificparameter of the terminal device.

TABLE 5 The proportion P of decoding failure Transmission resource group    0 < P ≤ 25% Transmission resource group 1 25% < P ≤ 50% Transmissionresource group 2 50% < P ≤ 75% Transmission resource group 3 75% < P ≤90% Transmission resource group 4 90% < P ≤ 1 Transmission resourcegroup 5

For another example, it is assumed that a reception result of a targetchannel includes a MCS adjustment level, and the MCS adjustment amountis equal to a level of MCS measured by a terminal device, minus a levelof MCS used by the target channel. Then the terminal device may searchfor a transmission resource group corresponding to a value of the MCSadjustment level in at least one transmission resource group as thetarget transmission resource group according to Table 6, afterdetermining the MCS adjustment level. For example, it is assumed thatthe value of the MCS adjustment level is +2 (i.e., raising two levels),and then according to Table 6, transmission resource group 3 is thetarget transmission resource group, and the terminal device may randomlyselect a transmission resource in the transmission resource group 3 asthe target transmission resource, or determine a transmission resourcecorresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device as thetarget transmission resource in the target transmission resource groupaccording to the specific parameter of the terminal device.

TABLE 6 The value of the MCS adjustment level Transmission resourcegroup −1 (lowering one level) Transmission resource group 1 +1 (raisingone level) Transmission resource group 2 +2 (raising two levels)Transmission resource group 3 +3 (raising three levels) Transmissionresource group 4

In 250, the terminal device sends the target information to the networkdevice on the target transmission resource.

After the terminal device determines the target transmission resourcefor sending the target information, it sends the target information tothe network device on the target transmission resource to indicate areception result of the target channel which is sent by the networkdevice, to the network device.

In 260, if the network device receives the target information sent bythe terminal device according to the reception result of the targetchannel on the target transmission resource, the network devicedetermines the reception result of the target channel according to thetarget information received on the target transmission resource.

Since the target information is sent by the terminal device on thetarget transmission resource and the target transmission resource isdetermined by the terminal device in at least one transmission resourceaccording to the reception result of the target channel, the networkdevice may obtain feedback of the terminal device on the receptionresult of the target channel according to the target information.Correspondingly, the implementation of the present disclosure providesthree manners for the network device to determine the reception resultof the target channel, following three manners will be described indetail.

Manner 1

The reception result of the target channel includes a quantity N ofdecoding units that the terminal device fails to decode on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decoded aretransmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission time unitsthat include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N is apositive integer.

At this time, the network device determines the reception result of thetarget channel according to the target information received on thetarget transmission resource, including: if the network device receivesthe target information, the network device determines that N is greaterthan or equal to a first threshold.

Manner 2

The reception result of the target channel includes a proportion P of aquantity of decoding units failing to be decoded in at least M decodingunits decoded by the terminal device on the target channel, wherein thedecoding units failing to be decoded are transmission blocks failing tobe decoded or transmission time units including transmission blocksfailing to be decoded, M is a positive integer, 0≤P≤1.

At this time, the network device determines the reception result of thetarget channel according to the target information received on thetarget transmission resource, including: if the network device receivesthe target information, the network device determines that P is greaterthan or equal to a second threshold.

Manner 3

The reception result of the target channel includes modulation andcoding scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding to the targetchannel. At this time, the network device determines the receptionresult of the target channel according to the target informationreceived on the target transmission resource, including: if the networkdevice receives the target information, determining, by the networkdevice, that the MCS adjustment amount satisfies any one of followingconditions: the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value ofthe MCS adjustment amount is non-negative and is greater than or equalto a third threshold; the value of the MCS adjustment amount is negativeand is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

It should be understood that the network device determines the receptionresult of the target channel according to the target informationreceived on the target transmission resource, wherein a relationshipbetween a reception of the target information and a reception result ofthe target information may be specifically referred to the detaileddescriptions in Manners 1 to 3 in the foregoing description about act230. For the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

It is described above that the network device may determine thereception result of the target channel according to whether the targetinformation is received. For example, when the target information isreceived, it may be determined that a quantity of transmission blockssuccessively failing to be decoded is greater than a certain threshold,or that a proportion of decoding failure is greater than a certainthreshold. However, if the network device also needs to knowspecifically the quantity of transmission blocks that successively failto be decoded and a specific interval in which the proportion ofdecoding failure is located, the network device may further determine adetailed reception result of the target channel according to the targettransmission resources for receiving the target information.

Optionally, the network device determines the reception result of thetarget channel according to the target information received on thetarget transmission resource, including: the network device determines areception result of channel corresponding to a target transmissionresource as the reception result of the target channel according to thetarget transmission resource for receiving the target information and amapping relationship between transmission resources and receptionresults of channel; or, the network device determines a reception resultof channel corresponding to a target transmission resource group as thereception result of the target channel according to the targettransmission resource group to which the target transmission resourcefor receiving the target information belongs, and a mapping relationshipbetween transmission resource groups and reception results of channel.The reception result here may be, for example, the reception result inany one of manners 1 to 3 in the foregoing description of act 260.

For example, the reception result of the target channel may include aquantity Q of transmission blocks that successively fail to be decodedby the terminal device on the target channel. If the network devicereceives the target information on the transmission resource 2, it maysearch out, according to Table 1, that a value corresponding to thetransmission resource 2 is 8, and then the network device may know thatthe quantity Q of transmission blocks that successively fail to bedecoded of the target channel satisfies 8≤Q<12.

For another example, it is assumed that the reception result of thetarget channel includes, in at least M transmission blocks decoded bythe terminal device on the target channel, a proportion P of a quantityof transmission blocks that fail to be decoded in at least M decodingunits. If the network device receives the target information on thetransmission resource 2, it can find that a proportion of decodingfailure of the target channel is 25%<P≤50% according to the mappingrelationship shown in Table 2.

For another example, it is assumed that a reception result of a targetchannel includes a MCS adjustment level, and the MCS adjustment amountis equal to a level of MCS measured by a terminal device, minus a levelof MCS used by the target channel. If the network device receives thetarget information on the transmission resource 3, it can find that thevalue of the MCS adjustment level is +2 (i.e. raising two levels)according to the mapping relationship shown in Table 3. Therefore, whenthe network device sends a channel in the future, it may use a MCS levelraised by two levels for data transmission.

The network device may determine a reception result of channelcorresponding to a target transmission resource group as the receptionresult of the target channel according to the target transmissionresource group to which the target transmission resource for receivingthe target information belongs and a mapping relationship betweentransmission resource groups and reception results of channel. Themapping relationship between the transmission resources and thereception results of channel and the mapping relationship between thetransmission resource groups and the reception results of channel may bespecifically referred to the detailed descriptions of Manner 3 andManner 4 in the foregoing description of act 240. For the sake ofbrevity, it will not be repeated here.

In the implementation of the present disclosure, a terminal device mayfeedback a channel reception condition for a broadcast channel or amulticast channel to a network device by sending target information tothe network device, and the network device can acquire the channelreception condition in time by receiving the target information sent bythe terminal device, and the terminal device determines a targettransmission resource for sending the target information through thechannel reception condition, and sends the target information to thenetwork device on the target transmission resource, so that the networkdevice can determine a specific channel reception condition according tothe target transmission resource for receiving the target information.Thus subsequent channel transmission processes may be guided accordingto a current channel reception condition, and demodulation performanceand transmission efficiency of a channel can be obviously improved.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal device 300 accordingto an implementation of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, theterminal device 300 includes a transmission unit 310 and a determinationunit 320. The transmission unit 310 is used for receiving a targetchannel sent by a network device, wherein the target channel includes abroadcast channel or a multicast channel; the determination unit 320 isused for determining to send target information to the network devicewhen a reception result of the target channel received by thetransmission unit meets a prescribed condition; and determining a targettransmission resource for transmitting the target information in atleast one transmission resource; the transmission unit 310 is furtherused for sending the target information to the network device on thetarget transmission resource determined by the determination unit 320,wherein the target information transmitted on the target transmissionresource is used for indicating the reception result of the targetchannel to the network device.

Therefore, by sending target information to a network device, a terminaldevice may feedback a channel reception condition for a broadcastchannel or a multicast channel to the network device, so that thenetwork device can acquire the channel reception condition in time,thereby guiding subsequent channel transmission processes according to acurrent channel reception condition, and obviously improvingdemodulation performance and transmission efficiency of channels.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aquantity N of decoding units that the terminal device fails to decode onthe target channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decodedare transmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission timeunits that include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N isa positive integer.

The determination unit 320 is specifically used for determining to sendthe target information to the network device when N is greater than orequal to a first threshold.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aproportion P of a quantity of decoding units failing to be decoded in atleast M decoding units decoded by the terminal device on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units failing to be decoded aretransmission blocks failing to be decoded or transmission time unitsincluding transmission blocks failing to be decoded, M is a positiveinteger, 0≤P≤1.

The determination unit 320 is specifically used for determining to sendthe target information to the network device when P is greater than orequal to a second threshold.

Optionally, the transmission unit 310 is further used for receivingfirst indication information sent by the network device before thedetermination unit 320 determines to send target information to thenetwork device, wherein the first indication information is used toindicate M.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includesmodulation and coding scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding tothe target channel, and the determination unit 320 is specifically usedfor performing a MCS measurement on the target channel; determining theMCS adjustment amount according to a measured MCS level and a MCS levelused by the target channel; determining to send the target informationto the network device when the MCS adjustment amount satisfies any oneof following conditions: the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero;a value of the MCS adjustment amount is non-negative and is greater thanor equal to a third threshold; a value of the MCS adjustment amount isnegative and is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

Optionally, the determination unit 320 is specifically used forperforming the MCS measurement according to a demodulation referencesignal (DMRS) included in the target channel.

Optionally, the determination unit 320 is specifically used for randomlyselecting one transmission resource from the at least one transmissionresource as the target transmission resource; or determining atransmission resource corresponding to a specific parameter of theterminal device in the at least one transmission resource as the targettransmission resource, wherein values of specific parameters ofdifferent terminal devices are different; or determining a transmissionresource corresponding to a reception result of the target channel inthe at least one transmission resource as the target transmissionresource according to the reception result of the target channel and amapping relationship between reception results of channel andtransmission resources; or determining a target transmission resourcegroup corresponding to a reception result of the target channelaccording to the reception result of the target channel and a mappingrelationship between reception results of channel and transmissionresource groups, and randomly selecting a transmission resource in thetarget transmission resource group as the target transmission resource,or determining a transmission resource corresponding to a specificparameter of the terminal device as the target transmission resource inthe target transmission resource group according to the specificparameter.

Optionally, the transmission unit 310 is further used for receivingsecond indication information sent by the network device before thedetermination unit 320 determines a target transmission resource,wherein the second indication information includes information of the atleast one transmission resource.

Optionally, at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domainresource, and a code domain resource corresponding to the at least onetransmission resource is different, or the time domain resource, thefrequency domain resource, and the code domain resource corresponding tothe at least one transmission resource are all different.

It should be understood that the terminal device 300 may correspond tothe terminal device in the method implementation and may implement thecorresponding functions of the terminal device. For the sake of brevity,it will not be repeated here.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 400 according toan implementation of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, thenetwork device 400 includes a transmission unit 410 and a determinationunit 420. The transmission unit 410 is used for sending a target channelincluding a broadcast channel or a multicast channel to a terminaldevice; the determination unit 420 is used for determining a receptionresult of the target channel according to target information received ona target transmission resource if the target information sent by theterminal device according to the reception result of the target channelis received on the target transmission resource, wherein the targettransmission resource is determined by the terminal device in at leastone transmission resource.

Therefore, by receiving target information related to a channeltransmission condition, sent by a terminal device, a network device cantimely acquire a channel reception condition, thus guiding subsequentchannel transmission processes according to a current channel receptioncondition, and obviously improving demodulation performance andtransmission efficiency of channels.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aquantity N of decoding units that the terminal device fails to decode onthe target channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decodedare transmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission timeunits that include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N isa positive integer.

The determination unit 420 is specifically used for determining that Nis greater than or equal to a first threshold if the transmission unit410 receives the target information.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aproportion P of a quantity of decoding units failing to be decoded in atleast M decoding units decoded by the terminal device on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units failing to be decoded aretransmission blocks failing to be decoded or transmission time unitsincluding transmission blocks failing to be decoded, M is a positiveinteger, 0≤P≤1.

The determination unit 420 is specifically used for determining that Pis greater than or equal to a second threshold if the transmission unit410 receives the target information.

Optionally, the transmission unit 410 is further used for sending firstindication information to the terminal device, and the first indicationinformation is used to indicate M.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes amodulation and coding scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding tothe target channel, and the determination unit 420 is specifically usedfor determining that the MCS adjustment amount satisfies any one of thefollowing conditions if the transmission unit 410 receives the targetinformation: the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value ofthe MCS adjustment amount is non-negative and is greater than or equalto a third threshold; a value of the MCS adjustment amount is negativeand is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

Optionally, the determination unit 420 is specifically used fordetermining a reception result of channel corresponding to the targettransmission resource as the reception result of the target channelaccording to the target transmission resource for receiving the targetinformation and a mapping relationship between transmission resourcesand reception results of channel; or determining a reception result ofchannel corresponding to a target transmission resource group as thereception result of the target channel according to the targettransmission resource group to which the target transmission resourcefor receiving the target information belongs and a mapping relationshipbetween transmission resource groups and reception results of channel.

Optionally, the transmission unit 410 is further used for sending secondindication information including information of the at least onetransmission resource to the terminal device before receiving the targetinformation sent by the terminal device according to the receptionresult of the target channel.

Optionally, at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domainresource, and a code domain resource corresponding to the at least onetransmission resource is different, or the time domain resource, thefrequency domain resource, and the code domain resource corresponding tothe at least one transmission resource are all different.

It should be understood that the network device 400 may correspond tothe network device in the method implementation and may implement thecorresponding functions of the network device. For the sake of brevity,it will not be repeated here.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 500according to an implementation of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 5, the terminal device includes a processor 510, a transceiver 520,and a memory 530, wherein the processor 510, the transceiver 520, andthe memory 530 communicate with each other through an internalconnection path. The memory 530 is used for storing instructions, andthe processor 510 is used for executing instructions stored in thememory 530 to control the transceiver 520 to send or receive signals.

The transceiver 520 is used for receiving a target channel sent by anetwork device, wherein the target channel includes a broadcast channelor a multicast channel.

The processor 510 is used for determining to send target information tothe network device when the reception result of the target channelreceived by the transceiver 520 meets a prescribed condition;determining a target transmission resource for transmitting the targetinformation in at least one transmission resource.

The transceiver 520 is further used for sending the target informationto the network device on the target transmission resource determined bythe processor 510, wherein the target information sent on the targettransmission resource is used for indicating the reception result of thetarget channel to the network device.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aquantity N of decoding units that the terminal device fails to decode onthe target channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decodedare transmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission timeunits that include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N isa positive integer, and the processor 510 is specifically used fordetermining to send the target information to the network device when Nis greater than or equal to a first threshold.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aproportion P of a quantity of decoding units that fail to be decoded inat least M decoding units that are decoded by the terminal device on thetarget channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decoded aretransmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission time unitsthat include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, M is apositive integer, 0≤P≤1, and the processor 510 is specifically used fordetermining to send the target information to the network device when Pis greater than or equal to a second threshold.

Optionally, the transceiver 520 is further used for receiving firstindication information sent by the network device before the processor510 determines to send target information to the network device, whereinthe first indication information is used to indicate M.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes amodulation and coding scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding tothe target channel, and the processor 510 is specifically used forperforming a MCS measurement on the target channel; determining the MCSadjustment amount according to a measured MCS level and a MCS level usedby the target channel; determining to send the target information to thenetwork device when the MCS adjustment amount satisfies any one offollowing conditions: the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; avalue of the MCS adjustment amount is non-negative and is greater thanor equal to a third threshold; a value of the MCS adjustment amount isnegative and is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

Optionally, the processor 510 is specifically used for performing theMCS measurement according to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS)included in the target channel.

Optionally, the processor 510 is specifically used for randomlyselecting one transmission resource from the at least one transmissionresource as the target transmission resource; or determining atransmission resource corresponding to a specific parameter of theterminal device in the at least one transmission resource as the targettransmission resource, and values of specific parameters of differentterminal devices are different; or determining a transmission resourcecorresponding to a reception result of the target channel in the atleast one transmission resource as the target transmission resourceaccording to the reception result of the target channel and a mappingrelationship between reception results of channel and transmissionresources; or determining a target transmission resource groupcorresponding to a reception result of the target channel according tothe reception result of the target channel and a mapping relationshipbetween reception results of channel and transmission resource groups,and randomly selecting a transmission resource in the targettransmission resource group as the target transmission resource, ordetermining a transmission resource corresponding to a specificparameter of the terminal device as the target transmission resource inthe target transmission resource group according to the specificparameter.

Optionally, the transceiver 520 is further used for receiving secondindication information sent by the network device before the processor510 determines a target transmission resource, wherein the secondindication information includes information of the at least onetransmission resource.

Optionally, at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domainresource, and a code domain resource corresponding to the at least onetransmission resource is different, or the time domain resource, thefrequency domain resource, and the code domain resource corresponding tothe at least one transmission resource are all different.

It should be understood that in the implementation of the presentdisclosure, the processor 510 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), orthe processor 510 may be other general purpose processor, digital signalprocessor (DSP), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), FieldProgrammable Gate Array (FPGA), or other programmable logic device,discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component,etc. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or theprocessor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 530 may include a read only memory and a random access memoryand provide instructions and data to the processor 510. A portion of thememory 530 may include a non-volatile random access memory. For example,the memory 530 may store information of device type.

In implementation processes, the acts of the methods described above maybe accomplished by integrated logic circuits of hardware in theprocessor 510 or instructions in a form of software. The acts of themethod disclosed in the implementation of the present disclosure may bedirectly accomplished by an execution of a hardware processor oraccomplished by a combination of hardware and software modules in theprocessor 510. Software modules may be located in mature storage mediumin the art such as RAM, flash memory, read-only memory, programmableread-only memory, electrical erasable programmable memory, or registers.The storage medium is located in the memory 530, and the processor 510reads information in the memory 530 and accomplishes the acts of themethod in combination with its hardware. In order to avoid repetition,it will not be described in detail here.

The terminal device 500 according to the implementation of the presentdisclosure may correspond to the terminal device in the methodimplementation and the terminal device 300 according to theimplementation of the present disclosure, and various units or modulesin the terminal device 500 are respectively used for executing variousactions or processing processes executed by the terminal device in themethod implementation. Here, in order to avoid redundancy, detaileddescription thereof is omitted.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device 600according to an implementation of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 6, the terminal device includes a processor 610, a transceiver 620,and a memory 630, wherein the processor 610, the transceiver 620, andthe memory 630 communicate with each other through an internalconnection path. The memory 630 is used for storing instructions, andthe processor 610 is used for executing instructions stored in thememory 630 to control the transceiver 620 to send or receive signals.

The transceiver 620 is used for sending a target channel including abroadcast channel or a multicast channel to a terminal device.

The processor 610 is used for determining a reception result of thetarget channel according to target information received on a targettransmission resource if the target information sent by the terminaldevice according to the reception result of the target channel isreceived on the target transmission resource, wherein the targettransmission resource is determined by the terminal device in at leastone transmission resource.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aquantity N of decoding units that the terminal device fails to decode onthe target channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decodedare transmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission timeunits that include transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N isa positive integer.

The processor 610 is specifically used for determining that N is greaterthan or equal to a first threshold if the transceiver 620 receives thetarget information.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes aproportion P of a quantity of decoding units failing to be decoded in atleast M decoding units decoded by the terminal device on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units failing to be decoded aretransmission blocks failing to be decoded or transmission time unitsincluding transmission blocks failing to be decoded, M is a positiveinteger, 0≤P≤1.

The processor 610 is specifically used for determining that P is greaterthan or equal to a second threshold if the transceiver 620 receives thetarget information.

Optionally, the transceiver 620 is further used for sending firstindication information to the terminal device, wherein the firstindication information is used to indicate M.

Optionally, the reception result of the target channel includes amodulation and coding scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding tothe target channel, and the processor 610 is specifically used fordetermining that the MCS adjustment amount satisfies any one of thefollowing conditions if the transceiver 620 receives the targetinformation: the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value ofthe MCS adjustment amount is non-negative and is greater than or equalto a third threshold; a value of the MCS adjustment amount is negativeand is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.

Optionally, the processor 610 is specifically used for determining areception result of channel corresponding to the target transmissionresource as the reception result of the target channel according to thetarget transmission resource for receiving the target information and amapping relationship between transmission resources and receptionresults of channel; or determining a reception result of channelcorresponding to a target transmission resource group as the receptionresult of the target channel according to the target transmissionresource group to which the target transmission resource for receivingthe target information belongs and a mapping relationship betweentransmission resource groups and reception results of channel.

Optionally, the transceiver 620 is further used for sending secondindication information including information of the at least onetransmission resource to the terminal device before receiving the targetinformation sent by the terminal device according to the receptionresult of the target channel.

Optionally, at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domainresource, and a code domain resource corresponding to the at least onetransmission resource is different, or the time domain resource, thefrequency domain resource, and the code domain resource corresponding tothe at least one transmission resource are all different.

It should be understood that in the implementation of the presentdisclosure, the processor 610 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), orthe processor 610 may be other general purpose processor, digital signalprocessor (DSP), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), FieldProgrammable Gate Array (FPGA), or other programmable logic device,discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component,etc. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or theprocessor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 630 may include a read only memory and a random access memoryand provide instructions and data to the processor 610. A portion of thememory 630 may include a non-volatile random access memory. For example,the memory 630 may store information of device type.

In implementation processes, the acts of the methods described above maybe accomplished by integrated logic circuits of hardware in theprocessor 610 or instructions in a form of software. The acts of themethod disclosed in the implementation of the present disclosure may bedirectly accomplished by an execution of a hardware processor oraccomplished by a combination of hardware and software modules in theprocessor 610. Software modules may be located in mature storage mediumin the art such as RAM, flash memory, read-only memory, programmableread-only memory, electrical erasable programmable memory, or registers.The storage medium is located in the memory 630, and the processor 610reads information in the memory 630 and accomplishes the acts of themethod in combination with its hardware. In order to avoid repetition,it will not be described in detail here.

The network device 600 according to the implementation of the presentdisclosure may correspond to the network device in the methodimplementation and the network device 400 according to theimplementation of the present disclosure, and various units or modulesin the network device 400 are respectively used for executing variousactions or processing processes executed by the network device in themethod implementation. Here, in order to avoid redundancy, detaileddescription thereof is omitted.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a system chip according toan implementation of the present disclosure. The system chip 700 of FIG.7 includes an input interface 701, an output interface 702, at least oneprocessor 703, and a memory 704. The input interface 701, the outputinterface 702, the processor 703, and the memory 704 are connected toeach other through an internal connection path. The processor 703 isused for executing codes in the memory 704.

Optionally, when the codes are executed, the processor 703 may implementthe method executed by the terminal device in the method implementation.For the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

Optionally, when the codes are executed, the processor 703 may implementthe method executed by the network device in the method implementation.For the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that in various implementations of the presentdisclosure, sequence numbers of the various processes do not imply anorder of execution of the various processes, which should be determinedby their functions and internal logics, and should not constitute anylimitation on implementation processes of the implementations of thepresent disclosure.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various exemplaryunits and algorithm acts described in the implementations disclosedherein may be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination ofcomputer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions areperformed in hardware or software depends on specific applications anddesign constraints of the technical solutions. Skilled artisans may usedifferent methods to implement the described functions in respect toeach particular application, but such implementation should not beconsidered to be beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

Those skilled in the art may clearly understand that for convenience andconciseness of description, the specific working processes of thesystem, apparatus and unit described above may refer to thecorresponding processes in the aforementioned method implementations andwill not be described here.

In several implementations provided by the present disclosure, it shouldbe understood that the disclosed systems, apparatuses and methods may beimplemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus implementationsdescribed above are only illustrative, for example, the division of theunits is only a logical function division, and there may be otherdivision manners in actual implementation, for example, multiple unitsor components may be combined or integrated into another system, or somefeatures may be ignored or not executed. On the other hand, the mutualcoupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown ordiscussed may be indirect coupling or communication connection throughsome interface, apparatus or unit, and may be in electrical, mechanicalor other forms.

The unit described as a separate component may or may not be physicallyseparated, and the component shown as a unit may or may not be aphysical unit, i.e., may be located in one place or may be distributedover multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selectedaccording to actual needs to achieve the purpose of solutions of theimplementations of the present disclosure.

In addition, various functional units in various implementations of thepresent disclosure may be integrated in one processing unit, or they maybe physically present in each unit alone, or two or more units may beintegrated in one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer readable memory medium ifimplemented in a form of software functional units and sold or used as aseparate product. Based on this understanding, the technical solution ofthe present disclosure, in essence, or the part contributing to theprior art, or the part of the technical solution, may be embodied in theform of a software product stored in a storage medium, including anumber of instructions for causing a computer device (which may be apersonal computer, a server, or a network device or other devices) toperform all or part of the acts of the method described in variousimplementations of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storagemedium include a U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM),random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk and othermedia that can store program codes.

What are described above are merely exemplary implementations of thepresent disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosureis not limited thereto. Any variation or substitution that can be easilyconceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scopedisclosed by the present disclosure shall be included within theprotection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope ofprotection of the implementations of the present disclosure should bebased on the protection scope of the claims.

1. A method for transmitting information, comprising: receiving, by aterminal device, a target channel sent by a network device, wherein thetarget channel comprises a broadcast channel or a multicast channel;determining, by the terminal device, to send target information to thenetwork device when a reception result of the target channel meets aprescribed condition; determining, by the terminal device, a targettransmission resource for transmitting the target information in atleast one transmission resource; and sending, by the terminal device,the target information to the network device on the target transmissionresource, wherein the target information sent on the target transmissionresource is used for indicating the reception result of the targetchannel to the network device.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein the reception result of the target channel comprises a quantityN of decoding units that the terminal device fails to decode on thetarget channel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decoded aretransmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission time unitsthat comprise transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N is apositive integer, the determining, by the terminal device, to send thetarget information to the network device when the reception result ofthe target channel meets the prescribed condition, comprises:determining, by the terminal device, to send the target information tothe network device when N is greater than or equal to a first threshold.3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reception result of thetarget channel comprises a proportion P of a quantity of decoding unitsfailing to be decoded in at least M decoding units decoded by theterminal device on the target channel, wherein the decoding unitsfailing to be decoded are transmission blocks failing to be decoded ortransmission time units including transmission blocks failing to bedecoded, M is a positive integer, 0≤P≤1, the determining, by theterminal device, to send the target information to the network devicewhen the reception result of the target channel meets the prescribedcondition, comprises: determining, by the terminal device, to send thetarget information to the network device when P is greater than or equalto a second threshold.
 4. The method according to claim 3, whereinbefore the terminal device determines to send the target information tothe network device, the method further comprises: receiving, by theterminal device, first indication information sent by the networkdevice, wherein the first indication information is used for indicatingM.
 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reception result ofthe target channel comprises a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS)adjustment amount corresponding to the target channel, the determining,by the terminal device, to send the target information to the networkdevice when the reception result of the target channel meets theprescribed condition, comprises: performing, by the terminal device, aMCS measurement on the target channel; determining, by the terminaldevice, the MCS adjustment amount according to a measured MCS level anda MCS level used by the target channel; and determining, by the terminaldevice, to send the target information to the network device when theMCS adjustment amount satisfies any one of following conditions: the MCSadjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value of the MCS adjustmentamount is non-negative and is greater than or equal to a thirdthreshold; and a value of the MCS adjustment amount is negative and isless than or equal to a fourth threshold.
 6. The method according toclaim 5, wherein the performing, by the terminal device, the MCSmeasurement on the target channel, comprises: performing, by theterminal device, the MCS measurement according to a demodulationreference signal (DMRS) included in the target channel.
 7. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the terminal device,the target transmission resource for transmitting the target informationin the at least one transmission resource, comprises: selecting, by theterminal device, a transmission resource randomly in the at least onetransmission resource as the target transmission resource; ordetermining, by the terminal device, a transmission resourcecorresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device in the atleast one transmission resource as the target transmission resource,wherein values of specific parameters of different terminal devices aredifferent; or determining, by the terminal device, a transmissionresource corresponding to the reception result of the target channel inthe at least one transmission resource as the target transmissionresource according to the reception result of the target channel and amapping relationship between reception results of channel andtransmission resources; or determining, by the terminal device, a targettransmission resource group corresponding to the reception result of thetarget channel according to the reception result of the target channeland a mapping relationship between reception results of channel andtransmission resource groups, and selecting a transmission resourcerandomly in the target transmission resource group as the targettransmission resource, or determining a transmission resourcecorresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device in thetarget transmission resource group as the target transmission resourceaccording to the specific parameter. 8-17. (canceled)
 18. A terminaldevice, comprising: a transceiver, used for receiving a target channelsent by a network device, wherein the target channel comprises abroadcast channel or a multicast channel; and a processor, used fordetermining to send target information to the network device when areception result of the target channel received by the transceiversatisfies a prescribed condition, wherein the processor is further usedfor determining a target transmission resource for sending the targetinformation in at least one transmission resource, and the transceiveris further used for sending the target information to the network deviceon the target transmission resource determined by the processor, whereinthe target information sent on the target transmission resource is usedfor indicating the reception result of the target channel to the networkdevice.
 19. The terminal device according to claim 18, wherein thereception result of the target channel comprises a quantity N ofdecoding units that the terminal device fails to decode on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decoded aretransmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission time unitsthat comprise transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N is apositive integer; the processor is specifically used for: determining tosend the target information to the network device when N is greater thanor equal to a first threshold.
 20. The terminal device according toclaim 18, wherein the reception result of the target channel comprises aproportion P of a quantity of decoding units failing to be decoded in atleast M decoding units decoded by the terminal device on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units failing to be decoded aretransmission blocks failing to be decoded or transmission time unitsincluding transmission blocks failing to be decoded, M is a positiveinteger, 0≤P≤1, the processor is specifically used for: determining tosend the target information to the network device when P is greater thanor equal to a second threshold.
 21. The terminal device according toclaim 20, wherein the transceiver is further used for: receiving firstindication information sent by the network device before the processordetermines to send the target information to the network device, whereinthe first indication information is used to indicate M.
 22. The terminaldevice according to claim 18, wherein the reception result of the targetchannel comprises a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) adjustment amountcorresponding to the target channel, the processor is specifically usedfor: performing a MCS measurement on the target channel; determining theMCS adjustment amount according to a measured MCS level and a MCS levelused by the target channel; and determining to send the targetinformation to the network device when the MCS adjustment amountsatisfies any one of following conditions: the MCS adjustment amount isnot equal to zero; a value of the MCS adjustment amount is non-negativeand is greater than or equal to a third threshold; and a value of theMCS adjustment amount is negative and is less than or equal to a fourththreshold.
 23. The terminal device according to claim 22, wherein theprocessor is specifically used for: performing the MCS measurementaccording to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) included in thetarget channel.
 24. The terminal device according to claim 18, whereinthe processor is specifically used for: selecting randomly atransmission resource in the at least one transmission resource as thetarget transmission resource; or determining a transmission resourcecorresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device in the atleast one transmission resource as the target transmission resource,wherein values of specific parameters of different terminal devices aredifferent; or determining a transmission resource corresponding to thereception result of the target channel in the at least one transmissionresource as the target transmission resource according to the receptionresult of the target channel and a mapping relationship betweenreception results of channel and transmission resources; or determininga target transmission resource group corresponding to the receptionresult of the target channel according to the reception result of thetarget channel and a mapping relationship between reception results ofchannel and transmission resource groups, and randomly selecting atransmission resource in the target transmission resource group as thetarget transmission resource, or determining a transmission resourcecorresponding to a specific parameter of the terminal device in thetarget transmission resource group as the target transmission resourceaccording to the specific parameter.
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 27. Anetwork device, comprising: a transceiver, used for sending a targetchannel including a broadcast channel or a multicast channel to aterminal device; and a processor, used for determining a receptionresult of the target channel according to target information received ona target transmission resource based on a determination that the networkdevice receives the target information, which is sent by the terminaldevice according to the reception result of the target channel, on thetarget transmission resource, wherein the target transmission resourceis determined by the terminal device in at least one transmissionresource.
 28. The network device according to claim 27, wherein thereception result of the target channel comprises a quantity N ofdecoding units that the terminal device fails to decode on the targetchannel, wherein the decoding units that fail to be decoded aretransmission blocks that fail to be decoded or transmission time unitsthat comprise transmission blocks that fail to be decoded, and N is apositive integer; the processor is specifically used for: determiningthat N is greater than or equal to a first threshold based on adetermination that the transceiver receives the target information. 29.The network device according to claim 27, wherein the reception resultof the target channel includes a proportion P of a quantity of decodingunits failing to be decoded in at least M decoding units decoded by theterminal device on the target channel, wherein the decoding unitsfailing to be decoded are transmission blocks failing to be decoded ortransmission time units including transmission blocks failing to bedecoded, M is a positive integer, 0≤P≤1; the processor is specificallyused for: determining that P is greater than or equal to a secondthreshold based on a determination that the transceiver receives thetarget information.
 30. The device according to claim 29, wherein thetransceiver is further used for: sending first indication information tothe terminal device, wherein the first indication information is usedfor indicating M.
 31. The network device according to claim 27, whereinthe reception result of the target channel comprises a Modulation andCoding Scheme (MCS) adjustment amount corresponding to the targetchannel, the processor is specifically used for: determining that theMCS adjustment amount satisfies any one of the following conditionsbased on a determination that the transceiver receives the targetinformation: the MCS adjustment amount is not equal to zero; a value ofthe MCS adjustment amount is non-negative and is greater than or equalto a third threshold; and a value of the MCS adjustment amount isnegative and is less than or equal to a fourth threshold.
 32. Thenetwork device according to claim 27, wherein the processor isspecifically used for: determining a reception result of channelcorresponding to the target transmission resource as the receptionresult of the target channel according to the target transmissionresource for receiving the target information and a mapping relationshipbetween transmission resources and reception results of channel; ordetermining a reception result of channel corresponding to a targettransmission resource group as the reception result of the targetchannel according to the target transmission resource group to which thetarget transmission resource for receiving the target informationbelongs and a mapping relationship between transmission resource groupsand reception results of channel.
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